Sordidus
/ˈsɔːr.dɪ.dəs/noun
Latin for dirty, filthy, or morally base.
Did you know?Sordidus is the source of English words like sordid and even the scientific plant name Sordaria, showing how ancient Latin linked physical dirt with moral corruption.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ser-
“to flow, drip, or ooze”
Latin
Latin
sordes
“dirt, filth, foul matter; moral baseness”
Latin
Latin
sordidus
“dirty, filthy, squalid; base, mean, contemptible”
Middle English
English
sordid
“filthy, dirty; morally vile or ignoble”
Modern English
English
sordid
“morally ignoble, dirty, or unpleasantly squalid”